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CVE-2023-32435 KEV High · 8.8 EPSS 23.0%

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Apple · Multiple Products

Summary

A memory corruption flaw in WebKit, the web content engine shipped across Apple's products including macOS Ventura, Safari, iOS and iPadOS, arises from an out-of-bounds write. An attacker who can get a user to load malicious web content can achieve arbitrary code execution, and no authentication or network position is required, though the victim must interact with the content.

Official description · NVD

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.

Breakdown
63.7 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 3 months before it was disclosed.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence3 mo before
  2. DisclosedAdded to CISA KEVEU database agreesday 0

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Malicious web content triggers exploitation via browsing

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

Arbitrary code execution achieved on victim device

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 98 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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